You have to love the Internet, it creates a great soapbox for conspiracy theorists, in the video below, Finland’s retired health minister Dr Rauni Kilde suggests that American Big Pharma is forcing populations around the world to get the H1N1 shot to reduce the world population by 30%.  Listen to the Swine Flu Conspiracy.  Crazy?  Perhaps.

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A new study has found that even if you have low cholesterol and are at a low risk for heart disease, you may still benefit from taking some sort of cholesterol pill - such as Crestor, Lipitor or Zocor.  This result is “hailed as a watershed event in heart disease prevention,” as half of heart attacks occur in people who don’t seem to be at risk.  However, to treat everyone in the United States in this manner could cost upwards of $9 billion annually.  continue reading...

Scientists have discovered that a popular epilepsy drug can slow and reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.  The drug, valproic acid, halts damage to the brain and actually improves memory.  Read more… continue reading...

About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won’t really help their condition. continue reading...

Does J&J’s Regranex cause cancer?

A Johnson & Johnson foot gel used by diabetics may increase the risk of cancer and death, U.S. health officials said on Thursday in announcing an investigation into the issue. continue reading...

Could proper sleep be the next Ritalin for children with attention or hyperactivity problems?  Researchers are investigating the effects of sleep on ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

From: http://www.douglasrecherche.qc.ca/groups/attention-behaviour-sleep/adhd-sleep.asp?l=e continue reading...

A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

Scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute examined how drugs called protease inhibitors, usually given in combination with other drugs to fight the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, performed against several types of cancer including non-small cell lung cancer. continue reading...

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich., July 24 /PRNewswire/ — “The current debate over Michael Moore’s recently released movie Sicko is misplaced,” said Lori-Ann Rickard, managing partner for Rickard & Associates, P.C., a St. Clair Shores legal and business consulting firm that specializes in the healthcare field. “In fact many of the conclusions being made either by Moore or other national and local columnists are ignoring the reality that preventative care and patient access are the real keys to health care reform,” Rickard said.

“Our current system is not health care - it’s sick care. And increased government oversight will exacerbate the problem not provide the solution,” Rickard said. continue reading...

Merck has agreed to help develop a cancer pill invented by tiny Ariad Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, Mass., in a deal the little biotech says could be worth $1 billion.

The drug, AP23573, is being tested in bone and soft tissue sarcomas, a deadly but rare cancer that afflicts only 13,000 people a year worldwide. It could reach the market in late 2009 or 2010 if all goes well and has shown some potential with endometrial and lung cancer, which potentially represent much bigger markets. continue reading...

CHICAGO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey of hundreds of migraine patients and physicians commissioned by the National Headache Foundation and conducted by Harris Interactive shows that 20 percent of migraine patients are currently taking potentially addictive medications that contain barbiturates or opioids and have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the relief of migraines.

Migraines affect nearly 30 million Americans, according to the National Headache Foundation. continue reading...